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overcoming toxic relationships Saving Sara on the Street many years ago while I was in college I saw a young lady Being harassed by a man On the street I stopped and asked her If she was okay The man snarled at me To mind my own business I said I am not leaving Until she answers the question Are you okay? She said “Yes, thank you” And told her boyfriend It’s over, Sam Sam stormed out Saying he would Settle the matter later She turned to me Gave me her number And we became A campus couple The next morning/ I was glad I had intervened That night. STATIC Camera (E) 24 words tell a story.. #2353645 by (1,440) Read, review and write about a time when you came to someone's aide. Growing up in a Dysfunctional Family I grew up in a dysfunctional family My father was aloof, dour, distant And hard to get along with My mother was wild, and crazy Alcoholic, moody a classic, difficult person My older brother became An arch conservative To spite my liberal father My younger brother Soon fell in line They both hated me Resented me Thinking that I would Never amount to much And I became the most successful Of all of us Something they never could understand Or forgive I have tried over the years To have a relationship With these people But sadly I have failed And live with the failure Every day. Overcoming such toxicity Is in the end Almost impossible But something we must Try to do. Read, review and write about rebuilding relationships. Winning Chili -Cook off In 1992, I won the US Embassy’s chili cook-off In Seoul Korea. As I taught my wife how to cook American Texas-style chili For the first time. We cooked in a large pot Nine different beans Black, Chickpeas, garbanzo, kidney, Lentils, navy, red and pinto beans Pre-soaked since the night before. Browning beef with chili powder, garlic, onion And cooking up some spam and some hot dogs Then threw it into the simmering pot Adding other spices, including Basil, bay leaf, ginger, kimchi, Leaks, oregano, black pepper, red pepper, sea salt, sage, turmeric. Cooking it for hours Adding in grits, flour, cooked rice and molasses To thicken it as it cooked. Then topping it with red wine, Mount Guy rum and Jack Daniels just before finishing it. Topping it with grated American cheese and guacamole Yummy Korean Army Kimchi Stew Dear Good Food editor: Enclosed, please find my entry for your good food magazine. One of the joys of Korean food is all the great soups. Unfortunately, most Korean restaurants serve BBQ meats and fried chicken. And other popular K foods, but they eat soups at home. One of the most popular Korean stews is called “pudaejijae (army stew)”. The dish started U.S. Army Korean War. Restaurants near U.S. Army bases concocted the recipe from black market meats, adding tofu, kimchi, and sometimes black market cheese on top. The dish was cheap and seen as a working-class dish, but now has become comfort food. Here's how to make it Put in a big pot 4 cups chicken stock Water Spam sliced thinly Hot dogs sliced up Tofu sliced thinly Enoki mushrooms Shikaoi mushrooms Kimchi sliced up green onions Make a sauce consisting of 2 tablespoons gochugaru Korean red chili pepper flakes 1 tablespoon gochujang Korean chili paste 1 tablespoon soy sauce Minced garlic Add to stew Some people add Korean noodles and even cheese. At home, they throw in leftovers as well. Simmer for about a half hour to an hour. Serve with rice, kimchi, and a few vegetable side dishes. And with beer or soju (Korean vodka made out of sweet potatoes).. Soju is a potent cheap drink, drunk in straight shots Russian style, but you never pour your own drink, rather you pour a drink for your companion. A variation is kimchijijae (kimchi stew) It is essentially the same thing but substituting chicken, or pork for spam and hot dogs, and adding more tofu and kimchi, but no cheese, sometimes they add noodles at the end.. These jijae (stews) are very popular in the winter but are enjoyed year-round as a “hangover” soup first thing in the morning. Koreans are good drinkers and they have perfected the hangover soup cure. NEW PROMPT: Tomorrow, February 4, is National Homemade Soup Day! Write a story or poem about someone making a soup from scratch for the first time. © Copyright 2023 JCosmos (jcosmos at Writing.Com). All rights reserved. Writing.Com, its affiliates and syndicates have been granted non-exclusive rights to display this work. Kniiting and Other Pastimes I never got the appeal Of knitting But some people Really like to knit And like to make clothes For their friends And family And giving them A useful ugly Christmas The sweater is part Of the appeal STATIC Twenty-Four (E) A sassy Number tells a love story starring itself...#2353893 by (1,448) The Rule of Ten 38 there is a mysterious rule that governs so much of our life. The rule of ten. It goes like this For every 100 people Who wants to write a novel Ten will finish it/ Of those ten Ten percent will publish it. Of those ten Ten percent will make some money. Of those ten Ten percent will make a living. Of those ten Ten percent will be a best-seller. In other words, In a land of 350 million people There are probably only 3, 500 bestselling authors. the rule of ten applies to the drama world, only 1 percent make a living. full-time as an actor. of the thousands of actors only a few movie stars. to the music world of the thousands of musicians, only a few superstars. to sports only a few hundred NFL players. to politics only one president. but one should not give up because who knows you could be the one who wins in the end, despite the rule of ten Read, review and write about your favorite number. |
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